Scott V. Brown

Scott V.
Brown is Chairman at Spaceport America Enterprises,
Founder at Telluride Tech Festival, President at Global Housing
Solutions, and
Managing Partner at Western Housing Solutions.

Spaceport America Enterprises is located at Spaceport America in New
Mexico.
The company is in the process of planning and developing a six star
resort in conjunction with Virgin Galactic and others.
It is also planning the development of America’s first Smart City from
scratch to be located a few miles from Spaceport. This city which is
currently being called “Enterprise” will be totally off the grid by
design and be a prototype for a space colony on the Moon and later on
Mars and beyond.

Scott moved to Telluride in the summer of 1971 from Kansas via Aspen. He
founded the Telluride Arts and Crafts Guild that summer, which in 1973
merged with the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities (TCAH)
when it was chartered.

As a born organizer, Scott played key roles in saving the Telluride 4th
of July Celebration and founding the Telluride Bluegrass Festival,
Telluride Chamber Music Festival, Telluride Film Festival,
Telluride
Tech Festival, Telluride New Year’s Celebration, and for numerous
years
was the Chairman of Mountainfilm in Telluride.

Through the years, Scott and his wife, Karen, have owned a stained glass
studio, The Forgotten Works, a commercial glass company, Telluride Glass
Company, a construction and development company, Pick and Gad
Construction and Development, The Bank of Telluride and Montrose County
Bank, publishing, The Telluride Times Newspaper and were the founders
and publishers of The Telluride Magazine.

In 1992, Scott launched his career in real estate and founded Mason &
Morse/Brown Real Estate with Aspen’s largest and oldest real estate
company. Subsequently, Scott owned Southwest Realty Group which evolved
into
Scott Brown Realty, Inc.

As a National Historic District, the Town of Telluride is blessed with
several designated National Historic Landmark Buildings of which, Scott
and Karen are personally responsible for saving and restoring two, The
Pick and Gad Building, and the Old First National Bank Building, which
in 2000 was designated a National Historic Treasure by President Bill
Clinton. The Building has the same historic designation as the Statue of
Liberty, Lincoln Monument, and Ellis Island to name a few. The building
is clearly a gem, however, its “Treasure Designation” is predominantly
due to the fact that the building was built by L.L. Nunn who along with
Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse built the world’s first industrial
strength alternating current power plant in the world in Telluride in
1891. Further, it is the only building so designated in the nineteen
State Rocky Mountain Region. A nearby designated treasure is Cliff House
at Mesa Verde National Park. Scott put together the acquisition of both
the New Sheridan Hotel and Bar and Roma Café and Bar (now
Honga’s) by
Leucadia National Corporation which subsequently totally restored both
buildings. Scott was also Chairman of the Telluride Housing Authority
when the historic cribs were acquired and restored and sold to local
residents as affordable housing.

Scott has consistently dedicated himself to community service and has
served as the President of the Placer Valley Association, a member of
the Telluride Volunteer Fire Department and Treasurer of the Placer
Valley Fire Station, Democratic Candidate for County Commissioner in
1978, Chairman of the San Miguel County Planning Commission when the
Telluride Region was zoned and the Telluride Mountain Village was
approved and the Telluride Ski Resort was expanded, and the Telluride
Airport was approved. He was a member of the Telluride Regional Planning
Commission (TREPAC) which planned all four major developments (Mountain
Village, Valley Floor, Aldasoro, and West Meadows). He is a former
Chairman of the Telluride Housing Authority and served on THA when
Shandoka was proposed and built and other land parcels for affordable
housing were acquired.

Western Housing Solution was founded in Colorado by Scott and partners,
John Young and Ted Guy in 2007 to meet the state and national need for
affordable housing. With more than 30 years and 30 projects to the
partners credit in affordable housing, this consulting and development
company is in great demand.

Scott and Karen, who met on Main Street in Telluride, were married in
1974 at the Old School House in Placerville and have three children who
have now all graduated from college. Anna (University of Arizona),
Sarah (University of Colorado) and Tucker (University of
Montana).